Example sentences of "even [subord] there [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if there had been tons of it , a fourth or fifth share could n't have amounted to five hundred pounds . |
| 2 | Kingfisher says that even if there had been no leak , the bid would probably have been launched this week . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the Foxton project was mysteriously improbable even if there had been no internal combustion on the way . |
| 4 | Even if there had been another big story , it would have to be very big indeed to be bigger than this one ! ’ |
| 5 | She had been working to gain the Pony Rider badge , but there was no riding school in the village , and even if there had been her daddy could n't have afforded fees for riding lessons , because the move from the old house to Wyching had cost a lot of money . |
| 6 | She looked at the tyre and saw at once that even if there had been someone about who could have helped her , the tyre could n't be mended on the spot-there was a long split in the outer cover . |
| 7 | Knowledge and faith would always have been inseparable , even if there had been no Fall ( like the healthy relationship of two twins ) . |
| 8 | Even if there had been a ‘ yes ’ vote the idea would almost certainly have been scuppered by the Football Association . |
| 9 | There had never been enough money to dress the child properly and even if there had been they did n't have the style or the know-how . |
| 10 | He pulled a sheet from one of the beds , spread it on the floor , opened up wardrobes and drawers , scooped up armfuls of clothes — there was no time to make any kind of selection and even if there had been he would have been unable to pick and choose , they were all women 's clothing — dumped them on the sheet , tied up the four corners , lugged the bundle up the companionway and handed it over to Riley . |
| 11 | As the case of Italy indicates , even if there had been , researchers would have had to examine the activity of the local state very closely to establish what action had been taken upon the directive . |
| 12 | But even if there had been , the groups would still have been unified by their joint involvement in a single ambitious enterprise , a single overriding endeavour — to rid their land of the Roman occupation and reinstate the old Judaic monarchy together with its rightful priesthood . |
| 13 | But even if there had been no dust , smoke or snow , he would still have been unable to see it , because he was now lying on the floor beside the window , having fallen off his chair . |
| 14 | I mean , even if there had been some war I did believe worth fighting , if I 'd been called up or something , I 'm a coward , I 'm just not physically capable . |
| 15 | There was no longer any mystery about Rose 's birth , but even if there had been , Harry would not have cared . |
| 16 | He sued the defendant for procuring a breach of his contract with X. The action was dismissed because there was no contract , since the identity of the plaintiff was , in the circumstances , material to the formation of the alleged contract ; and alternatively , even if there had been a valid contract , the principle stated above would prevent the action from lying . |
| 17 | Even if there had been three fatal accidents on the Piccadilly line in from Heathrow plus two mechanical failures beyond London Transport 's control , he should have been here by now . |
| 18 | The reaction to the discovery , that it would mean that there would be no need of the Icelandic fishing grounds in future , makes it fairly certain that even if there had been accidental sightings of the New World before that date , no systematic attempts had been made to explore it further nor to exploit the resources of the Newfoundland Banks ( 45 , pp.214–16 ) . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal held that even if there had been a right of rescission it was barred by lapse of time . |
| 20 | Even if there had been such an agreement , there was nothing to stop the board getting rid of Mr Venables if it wished , said Mr Heslop . |
| 21 | Endemic to that problem , even if there had been some certainty about previous spends , is the unpredictability about future trends : ten unforeseen multi-handicapped users can throw budgets completely out of kilter . |